Herman Louis Clement Donners (5 August 1888 – 14 May 1915) was a Belgian water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the Belgian water polo team and won a silver and a bronze medal.[2]

Herman Donners
Personal information
Born(1888-08-05)August 5, 1888
Antwerp, Belgium
DiedMay 14, 1915(1915-05-14) (aged 26)
Calais, France
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1908 London Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team competition

Personal life and death

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Donners was born in Antwerp, Belgium, son of Jean Henri Edmond Donners and his wife Celene Helene Joseph (nee Verspreuwen). He enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1914 and died in Calais, France, of wounds received in action during World War I in May 1915. He is buried in Antwerp.[3] [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Herman Donners". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Herman Donners". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ [1] Belgian War Dead Register, accessed 19 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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